As we left Hue, I started taking photos of the road sides, laden motorcycles and household shrines. This was so fascinating, the battery in my camera actually got hot. Similar to in India, if you can’t afford a car, the motorcycle with an experienced driver can transport almost anything. The best one I missed with the camera: a pig trussed up inside a cylindrical wire cage strapped to the back carrier. What amazes me is how quiet children are as they ride in front of a parent or squished in between two parents, sometimes with the mother also carrying a baby. And, for long distance travel, there are overnight express sleeping buses, with two tiers of seats; all the passengers recline their seats, pull down the curtains and go to sleep. As we went further north,
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